The run closed March 12, 1938
- Opened
- December 22, 1937
- Closed
- March 12, 1938
- Performances
- 93
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Imperial Theatre
Of the 1,388 productions we hold that opened in the 1930s and record a performance count, this is the 288th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Who was in it37 named
William Kendall
Albert Amato
Kay Cameron
Dorothy Compton
Noel Cravat
Virginia Daly
Natasha Dana
Loretta Dennison
Joyce Duskin
Jules Epailly
Frank Gagen
Edward Gale
Vernon Hammer
Buddy Hertelle
Helen Hudson
Ruth Joseph
Maurice Kelly
Jack Lathrop
Linda Lee
Andy Love
Harold Murray
Jessica Pepper
Jack Richards
Lee Stephenson
Ralph Sumpter
Ward Tallman
Harold Voeth
Jack Voeth
Bob Wacker
Bunny Waters
7 of these 37 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 30 are set from the identifier in the cast list, which is a slug of the name — so hyphens and full stops are lost and a few come out wrong. We hold nothing else about them. Nobody here is matched to a character: the cast list records who was in the company and not what they played.
Creative team
- Director
- Hassard Short
- Choreographer
- Robert Alton
- Orchestrations
- Ardon Cornwell, Phil Wall
A producer is one string on this record, however many people or companies it names. Directors and choreographers are held both as text and as identifiers; where an identifier exists the name links to a page.
Around this production
The score by Schwartz and Dietz included 'I See Your Face Before Me' and 'By Myself,' both of which became standards. British star Jack Buchanan charmed audiences but the complicated plot kept the show from being a hit.
- Dietz and Schwartz fared as badly with a book show, Between the Devil (12/23/ 37; 93 performances). Despite an excellent cast and production, the public was not interested. Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 277
- This second Schwartz/Dietz book show attempt was a dated marital farce; Dietz never found Broadway success outside the revue format. Following BETWEEN THE DEVIL, the team terminated their collaboration after eight full scores in as many years. Show Tunes 1905 1985 the Songs Shows and Careers of Steven Suskin 1st Ed New Yor, p. 275
- Beggar’s Waltz [instrumental]—subsequently published (1932) as non-show song Is It All a Dream? [lyric by Dietz] Show Tunes the Songs Shows and Careers of Broadway S Suskin Steven Suskin Steven, p. 168
- Between the Devil lasted for 93 showings. The Complete Book of 1930s Broadway Musicals Dietz Dan Rowman Littlefield Publis, p. 369
- 'Triplets’ has one of the most convoluted histories of all theatre songs. The merrily acidic look at three babies who hate one another was first heard in the tryout of Flying Colors, where it was performed by Clifton Webb, Patsy Kelly, and Imogene Coca. It was cut during the tryout of that show, was later performed in… The Complete Book of 1930s Broadway Musicals Dietz Dan Rowman Littlefield Publis, p. 401
Passages naming this production, found by keyword across 178 books. Where it turns up in the literature, not curated notes about it.
What this page does not know
- No photograph of this staging. 48 of 13,459 productions hold one.
- No character names. We can say who was in the company and not who they played.
- No recording is held for Between the Devil at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.